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GEELONG CATS LEAD HAWTHORN HAWKS AT HALF TIME IN ROUND 4 EASTER MONDAY CLASH
Ben Jensen 17 April 2017

AFL ROUND 4 2017, HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG are dominating Hawthorn though 'only' lead by 24 points at half time. The Cats dominated the first quarter but with two goals and a costly seven behinds, only lead by 7 points at quarter time with the Hawks two goals straight. The second quarter saw the Hawks themselves a bit inaccurate with just the six behinds, the Cats with three goals five. Each of Geelong's goals has come from a different player, Tom Hawkins opening the goal scoring five minutes into the game.

Harry Taylor has played up forward and while he's had his hands on it quite a bit (12 times) he has only the three behinds to his name. Usual suspect Patrick Dangerfield has had the ball 17 times while Steve Motlop leads the match total to date with Luke Hodge on 18. Sam Menegola is in good touch and the backline combination continues to grow in confidence with each game.

In the second half the Cats will want to push the lead out to 40 points as soon as they can to avoid a Hawks comeback which we've seen so often in recent years, though this is a fairly different side minus Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis. Hawkins will be looking to add to his goal tally as will Daniel Menzel.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS BELOW

GEELONG: 2.7, 5.12 (42) AT HALF TIME LEAD
HAWTHORN: 2.0, 2.6 (18)

GOALS
GEELONG: Duncan, Henderson, Cockatoo, Hawkins, Menzel
HAWTHORN: Gunstan, Puopolo

BEST
GEELONG: TBC
HAWTHORN: TBC

INJURIES
GEELONG: TBC
HAWTHORN: TBC

CHANGES
GEELONG: Nil
HAWTHORN: Nil

REPORTS
GEELONG: Nil
HAWTHORN: Nil

UMPIRES: TBC

CROWD: TBC at MCG, Melbourne

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TEAMS

GEELONG CATS

HAWTHORN HAWKS

IN: Nakia Cockatoo
OUT: Lincoln McCarthy (Omitted)

IN: Billy Hartung, Tim O'Brien, Blake Hardwick
OUT: Teia Miles (omitted), Brendan Whitecross (omitted), Jaeger O'Meara (knee)

FINAL TEAM NAMED ON SATURDAY 15 APRIL

B: Tom Stewart, Tom Lonergan, Tom Ruggles
HB: Zach Tuohy, Lachie Henderson, Jackson Thurlow
C: Steven Motlop, Joel Selwood, Sam Menegola
HF: Jordan Murdoch, Harry Taylor, James Parsons
F: Brandan Parfitt, Tom Hawkins, Daniel Menzel
FOLL: Zac Smith, Patrick Dangerfield, Mitch Duncan
INT: Mark Blicavs, Nakia Cockatoo, Cameron Guthrie, Andrew Mackie
EMER: Jed Bews, Darcy Lang, Rhys Stanley

INITIAL SQUAD OF 25

B: Tom Stewart, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
HB: Harry Taylor, Lachie Henderson, Zach Tuohy
C: Josh Cowan, Joel Selwood, George Horlin-Smith
HF: James Parsons, Rhys Stanley, Steven Motlop
F: Brandan Parfitt, Tom Hawkins, Daniel Menzel
FOLL: Zac Smith, Patrick Dangerfield, Cameron Guthrie
INT (FROM): Mark Blicavs, Nakia Cockatoo, Mitch Duncan, Sam Menegola, Jordan Murdoch, Tom Ruggles, Jackson Thurlow

FINAL TEAM NAMED ON SATURDAY 15 APRIL

B: Shaun Burgoyne, James Frawley, Ben Stratton
HB: Ryan Burton, Kaiden Brand, Josh Gibson
C: Isaac Smith, Tom Mitchell, Liam Shiels
HF: Luke Breust, Jack Gunston, Billy Hartung
F: Ty Vickery, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo
FOLL: Ben McEvoy, Luke Hodge, Cyril Rioli
INT: Tim O'Brien, Will Langford, Blake Hardwick, Ricky Henderson
EMER: James Sicily, Daniel Howe, Brendan Whitecross

INITIAL SQUAD OF 25

B: Shaun Burgoyne, James Frawley, Ben Stratton
HB: Ryan Burton, Kaiden Brand, Josh Gibson
C: Isaac Smith, Tom Mitchell, Liam Shiels
HF: Luke Breust, Jack Gunston, Brendan Whitecross
F: Ty Vickery, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo
FOLL: Ben McEvoy, Luke Hodge, Cyril Rioli
INT (FROM): Tim O'Brien, James Sicily, Will Langford, Blake Hardwick, Daniel Howe, Ricky Henderson, Billy Hartung

AFL 2017 - ROUND 4

HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS

MONDAY 17 APRIL 2017, 15:20 AEST

MCG

MATCH DETAILS INCLUDING TV, TEAMS, RADIO

VFL 2017 - ROUND 1

WERRIBEE TIGERS V GEELONG CATS

SUNDAY 16 APRIL 2017, 14:00 AEST

SPRING CREEK RESERVE (TORQUAY)

MATCH DETAILS INCLUDING TEAMS

RESULT - VFL PAGE

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